CISCE Class 11 Mathematics Syllabus - Free PDF Download
CISCE Syllabus 2026-27 Class 11: The CISCE Class 11 Mathematics Syllabus for the examination year 2026-27 has been released by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, CISCE. The board will hold the final examination at the end of the year following the annual assessment scheme, which has led to the release of the syllabus. The 2026-27 CISCE Class 11 Mathematics Board Exam will entirely be based on the most recent syllabus. Therefore, students must thoroughly understand the new CISCE syllabus to prepare for their annual exam properly.
The detailed CISCE Class 11 Mathematics Syllabus for 2026-27 is below.
CISCE Class 11 Mathematics Revised Syllabus
CISCE Class 11 Mathematics Course Structure 2026-27 With Marking Scheme
| # | Unit/Topic | Weightage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sets and Functions | |
| 1.01 | Sets | |
| 1.02 | Relations and Functions | |
| 1.03 | Trigonometry | |
| 2 | Algebra | |
| 2.01 | Principle of Mathematical Induction | |
| 2.02 | Complex Numbers | |
| 2.03 | Quadratic Equations | |
| 2.04 | Permutations and Combinations | |
| 2.05 | Binomial Theorem | |
| 2.06 | Sequence and Series | |
| 3 | Coordinate Geometry | |
| 3.01 | Straight Lines | |
| 3.02 | Circles | |
| 4 | Calculus | |
| 4.01 | Limits and Derivatives | |
| 5 | Statistics and Probability | |
| 5.01 | Statistics - 1 | |
| 5.02 | Probability | |
| 6 | Conic Section | |
| 7 | Introduction to Three-dimensional Geometry | |
| 8 | Mathematical Reasoning | |
| 9 | Statistics - 2 | |
| 10 | Correlation Analysis | |
| 11 | Index Numbers and Moving Averages | |
| 11.01 | Index Numbers | |
| 11.02 | Moving Averages | |
| Total | - |
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Syllabus
1: Sets and Functions
CISCE Class 11 Mathematics Syllabus
- Sets and Their Representations
- Roster or Tabular method or List method
- Set-Builder or Rule Method
- Classification of Sets
- Subsets
- Subsets of set of real numbers
- Intervals as subsets of R
- Subsets
- Venn Diagrams
- Fundamental Concepts of Ordered Pairs and Relations
- Union of Sets
- Union of sets
- Some Properties of the Operation of Union
- Intersection of Sets
- Intersection of sets
- Some Properties of Operation of Intersection
- Difference of Sets
- Difference of sets
- Union of Sets
- Complement of a Set
- De Morgan's Law
- Some Properties of Complement Sets
- Properties of Complement of Sets
- Problems on Union and Intersection of Two and Three Sets.
- Fundamental Concepts of Ordered Pairs and Relations
- Definition of Relation
- Domain
- Co-domain and Range of a Relation
- Pictorial Diagrams
- Functions
- Ways of Representing Functions
- Tabular Representation of a Function
- Graphical Representation of a Function
- Analytical Representation of a Function
- Some Elementary Functions
- Types of Functions
- Operations on Functions
- Inverse of a Function
- Algebra of Functions
- Some Special Functions
- Exponential Function
Domain and range of this function
- Sum, Difference, Product, Quotient of Functions
- Function as a Type of Mapping
- Types of Functions
- Types of Function based on Elements:
1) One One Function (or injective)
2) Many One Function
3) Onto Function (or surjective)
4) One One and Onto Function (or bijective)
5) Into Function
6) Constant Function - Types of Function based on Equation:
1) Identity Function
2) Linear Function
3) Quadratic Function
4) Cubic Function
5) Polynomial Functions - Types of Function based on the Range:
1) Modulus Function
2) Rational Function
3) Signum Function
4) Even and Odd Functions
5) Periodic Functions
6) Greatest Integer Function
7) Inverse Function
8) Composite Functions - Types of Function based on the Domain:
1) Algebraic Functions
2) Trigonometric Functions
3) Logarithmic Functions - Explicit and Implicit Functions
- Value of a Function
- Equal Functions
- Types of Function based on Elements:
- Some Functions and Their Graphs
- Identity function - Domain and range of this function
- Constant function - Domain and range of this function
- Polynomial function -Domain and range of this function
- Rational functions - Domain and range of this function
- The Modulus function - Domain and range of this function
- Signum function - Domain and range of this function
- Greatest integer function
- Magnitude of an Angle
Measure of Angle
Circular measure
- Angles and Their Measurement in Higher Mathematics
- Definition: Angle
- Properties of Angle
- Conversion from One Measure to Another
- Trigonometric Ratios
- Trigonometric Functions
- Truth of the Identity
sin2x+cos2x=1, for All X.
- Expressing Sin (X±Y) and Cos (X±Y) in Terms of Sinx, Siny, Cosx and Cosy and Their Simple Applications
- Truth of the Identity
- Signs of Trigonometric Functions
- Domain and Range of Trigonometric Functions
- Domain and Range of Trignometric Functions and Their Graphs
- Trigonometric Functions of Sum and Difference of Two Angles
- Identities Related to Sin 2x, Cos2x, Tan 2x, Sin3x, Cos3x and Tan3x.
- Deducing the Identities
- Deducing the identities like the following:-
`tan(x+-y)=(tanx+-tany)/(1+-tanxtany)", "cot(x+-y)=(cotxcoty+-1)/(coty+-cotx)`
`sinalpha+-sinbeta=2"sin"1/2(alpha+-beta)"cos"1/2(alpha+-beta)`
`cosalpha+cosbeta=2"cos"1/2(alpha+beta)"cos"1/2(alpha-beta)`
`cosalpha-cosbeta=-2"sin"1/2(alpha+beta)"sin"1/2(alpha-beta)`
- Trigonometric Equations
- Solution of Trigonometric Equations (Solution in the Specified Range)
- Graphs of Trigonometric Functions
- The graph of sine function
- The graph of cosine function
- The graph of tangent function
- Trigonometric Functions of Compound Angles
- Trigonometric Functions of Multiple Angles
upto double and triple angles only
- Trigonometric Functions of Half Angles
- Trigonometric Functions of Multiple Angles
- Convention of Sign of Angles
- The Relation S = rθ Where θ is in Radians
- Relation Among Trigonometric Ratios
- Periods of Trigonometric Functions
- Compound and Multiple Angles- Addition and Subtraction Formula
sin(A B); cos(A B); tan(A B); tan(A + B + C) etc., Double angle, triple angle, half angle and one third angle formula as special cases.
- Trigonometric Functions of All Angles
- Sum and Differences as Products
Sum and differences as products
`sinC + sinD = 2sin((C+D)/2)cos((C-D)/2)", etc."`
- Product to Sum Or Difference
i.e.
2sinAcosB = sin(A + B) + sin(A – B) etc.
- Trigonometric Equations
- Properties of Δ
- Sine formula: `a/sinA=b/sinB=c/sinC`
- Cosine formula:`cosA=(b^2+c^2-a^2)/(2bc)`, etc
- Area of triangle:Δ = `1/2`bc A etc
- Simple applications of the above
2: Algebra
CISCE Class 11 Mathematics Syllabus
- Motivation
- Motivating the Application of the Method by Looking at Natural Numbers as the Least Inductive Subset of Real Numbers
- Principle of Mathematical Induction
- Concept of Complex Numbers
- Imaginary number
- Complex Number
- Square Root of a Complex Number
- Algebraic Properties of Complex Numbers
- The Modulus and the Conjugate of a Complex Number
- Modulus of Complex Number
- Conjugate of Complex Number
- Properties of Conjugate, Modulus and Argument (or Amplitude) of Complex Numbers
- Argand Plane and Polar Representation
- Cube Root of Unity
- Properties of 1, w, w2
- Properties of Cube Roots of Unity
- Algebraic Operations of Complex Numbers
- Equality of two Complex Numbers
- Conjugate of a Complex Number
- Properties of `barz`
- Addition of complex numbers - Properties of addition, Scalar Multiplication
- Subtraction of complex numbers - Properties of Subtraction
- Multiplication of complex numbers - Properties of Multiplication
- Powers of i in the complex number
- Division of complex number - Properties of Division
- The square roots of a negative real number
- Identities
- Locus Questions on Complex Numbers.
- Triangle Inequality
- Quadratic Equations
- Definition: Quadratic Equation
- Definition: Roots of a Quadratic Equation
- Types of Quadratic Equations
- Definition: Solution Set
- Examples
- Equations Reducible to Quadratic Equations
- Rule(law)
- Examples
- Nature of Roots of a Quadratic Equation
- Nature of roots(law)
- Quadratic Functions
Given `alpha`,`beta` as roots then find the equation whose roots are of the form `alpha^3`, `beta^3` , etc
Case I:a>0 -> 1)Real roots, 2)Complex roots,3)Equal roots
Case II:a<0 -> 1)Real roots, 2)Complex roots,3)Equal roots
Where ‘a’ is the coefficient of x2 in the equations of the form ax2 + bx + c = 0.
Understanding the fact that a quadratic expression (when plotted on a graph) is a parabola.
- Quadratic Formula
- Quadratic Inequalities
- Steps to Solve Quadratic Inequalities
- Sign of Quadratic
Sign when the roots are real and when they are complex
- Quadratic Inequalities
Using method of intervals for solving problems of the type:
A perfect square e.g. `x^2-6x+9>=0`
Inequalities involving rational expression of type
`f(x)/g(x)<=a` etc to be covered
- Representation of Inequalities
- Graphical Solution of Linear Inequalities in Two Variables
Linear Inequalities - Graphical Representation of Linear Inequalities in Two Variables
- Solution of System of Linear Inequalities in Two Variables
- Introduction of Permutations and Combinations
- Fundamental Principles of Counting
- Tree Diagram
- Addition Principle
- Multiplication principle
- Permutations
- Permutation
- Permutation of repeated things
- Permutations when all the objects are not distinct
- Number of Permutations Under Certain Restricted Conditions
- Circular Permutations
- Circular Permutations
- Permutations of distinct objects
- Properties of Permutations
- Objects always together (String method)
- No two things are together (Gap method)
- Derivation of Formulae and Their Connections
Derivation of formulae for nPr and nCr and their connections
- Simple Applications of Permutations and Combinations
- Restricted Permutation
- Permutation - Certain Things Always Occur Together
- Permutation - Certain Things Never Occur
- Permutation - Formation of Numbers with Digits
- Permutation - Permutation of Alike Things
- Permutation - Permutation of Repeated Things
- Permutation - Word Building
Repeated Letters
No Letters Repeated
- Properties of Combination
- Combination
- nCr , nCn =1, nC0 = 1, nCr = nCn–r, nCx = nCy, then x + y = n or x = y, n+1Cr = nCr-1 + nCr
- When all things are different
- When all things are not different.
- Mixed problems on permutation and combinations.
- Introduction of Binomial Theorem
- History of Binomial Theorem
- Binomial Theorem for Positive Integral Indices
- Statement and Proof of the Binomial Theorem for Positive Integral Indices
- Proof of Binomial Therom by Induction
- Special Case in Binomial Therom
- Pascal's Triangle
- Binomial theorem for any positive integer n
- Some special cases-(In the expansion of (a + b)n)
- General and Middle Terms
- Binomial Theorem
- Simple Applications of Binomial Theorem
- Sequence, Series, and Progression
- Arithmetic Progression (A.P.)
- Three or More Terms in Arithmetic Progression (A.P.)
- Three terms in A.P. :- a - d, a, a + d
- Inserting Two Or More Arithmetic Means Between Any Two Numbers
- Geometric Progression (G. P.)
- Nth Term of Geometric Progression (G.P.)
- General Term of a Geometric Progression (G.P.)
- Sum of First N Terms of a Geometric Progression (G.P.)
- Sum of infinite terms of a G.P.
- Geometric Mean (G.M.)
- Three Terms in Geometric Progression (G.P.)
- Three terms are in G.P. ar, a, ar-1
- Four Terms Are in Geometric Progression (G.P.)
- Four terms are in GP ar3, ar, ar-1,ar-3
- Geometric Mean
- Relationship Between A.M. and G.M.
- Relation Between Arithematic Mean (A.M.) and Geometric Mean (G.M.)
- Arithmetico Geometric Series
- nth term of A.G.P.
- Sum of n terms of A.G.P.
- Properties of Summation
3: Coordinate Geometry
CISCE Class 11 Mathematics Syllabus
- Shifting of Origin
- Concept of Slope (or, gradient)
- Slope of a Line Or Gradient of a Line.
- Parallelism of Line
- Perpendicularity of Line in Term of Slope
- Collinearity of Points
- Slope of a line when coordinates of any two points on the line are given
- Conditions for parallelism and perpendicularity of lines in terms of their slopes
- Angle between two lines
- Collinearity of three points
- Various Forms of the Equation of a Line
- Equation of a Straight Line
- Inclination of a line
- Slope of a line
- Perpendicular Lines
- Angle between intersecting lines
- Different Forms of an equation of a straight line
- General form to other forms
- Equation of Family of Lines Passing Through the Point of Intersection of Two Lines
- Equations of Bisectors of Angle Between Two Lines
- Family of Lines
- Distance of a Point from a Line
- Introduction of Distance of a Point from a Line
- Distance between two parallel lines
- Co-ordinate Geometry
- Co-ordinate Axes
- Coordinates of a Point
- Important Results
- Locus
- Equation of a locus
- Equations of a Circle in Standard Form
- Advanced Concept of Circle
- Equations of a Circle in Diameter Form
- Equations of a Circle in General Form
- Equations of a Circle in Parametric Form
- Conics
- Focus-directrix Property
focus-directrix property of parabola, ellipse, hyperbola, parabola
- Focus-directrix Property
- Given the Equation of a Circle, to Find the Centre and the Radius
- Finding the Equation of a Circle
Finding the equation of a circle.
- Given three non collinear points
- Given other sufficient data for example centre is (h, k) and it lies on a line and two points on the circle are given, etc.
- Condition for Tangency
- Equation of Tangent to a Circle
4: Calculus
CISCE Class 11 Mathematics Syllabus
- Concept of Limits
- Derivative Introduced as Rate of Change Both as that of Distance Function and Geometrically
- Limits of Exponential Functions
- Limits of Logarithmic Functions
- Fundamental Theorem on Limits
- Introduction of Limits
Left hand Limits
Right Hand Limis
- Limits of Trigonometric Functions
- Limits of Algebraic Functions
- Introduction of Derivatives
- The Concept of Derivative
- Derivative of Slope of Tangent of the Curve
- Differentiation Or Derivative Using First Principles
- Derivative of Algebraic Functions
5: Statistics and Probability
CISCE Class 11 Mathematics Syllabus
- Measures of Central Tendency for Different Data Types
- Introduction
- Measures
- Mean Deviation
- Mean deviation for grouped data
- Mean deviation for ungrouped data
- Measures of Dispersion > Variance and Standard Deviation
- Standard Deviation - by Direct Method
- Standard Deviation - by Step Deviation Method"
- Introduction of Variance and Standard Deviation
- Analysis of Frequency Distributions
- Quartiles and Range in Statistics
- Concept of Probability
- Addition Theorem – for Any Two Events a and B, Result on Complementary Events
- Probability of 'Not', 'And' and 'Or' Events
- Elementary Types of Events in Probability
- Axiomatic Approach to Probability
6: Conic Section
CISCE Class 11 Mathematics Syllabus
- Sections of a Cone
- Conics as a Section of a Cone
- Definition of Foci, Directrix, Latus Rectum
- Parabola
- Ellipse
- Latus Rectum
- Latus Rectum in Ellipse
- Latus Rectum
- Hyperbola
- Transverse and Conjugate Axes
- Coordinates of Vertices
- Foci and Centre
- Equations of the Directrices and the Axes
- General Second Degree Equation in x and y
- The necessary conditions for a general second degree equation
ax2 + 2hxy + by2 + 2gx + 2fy + c = 0
- abc + 2fgh - af2 - bg2 - ch2 = 0
- h2 - ab ≥ 0
- The necessary conditions for a general second degree equation
- General Equation of Tangents
- Point of Contact and Locus Problems
7: Introduction to Three-dimensional Geometry
CISCE Class 11 Mathematics Syllabus
- Three - Dimensional Geometry
- Coordinate Axes and Coordinate planes
Coordinate Axes and Coordinate Planes in Three Dimensions
- Distance Between Two Points
- Distance Between Two Points in 3-D Space
- Coordinate Axes and Coordinate planes
- Section Formula
- Formula
- Division of Line Segment
- Proof
- Examples
- As an Extension of 2-D
- Distance Formula
- Mid-Point Formula
- Formula
- Examples
8: Mathematical Reasoning
CISCE Class 11 Mathematics Syllabus
- Mathematically Acceptable Statements
- New Statements from Old
- Special Words Or Phrases
- Mathematical Reasoning
- Consolidating the Understanding
"if and only if (necessary and sufficient) condition", "implies", "and/or", "implied by'', "and", "or'', "there exists" and their use through variety of examples related to real life and Mathematics
- Difference Between Contradiction, Converse and Contrapositive
- Consolidating the Understanding
- Introduction of Validating Statements
- Validating the Statements Involving the Connecting Words
- statement with “and”
- Statements with “or”
- “Implies”
- “Implied by”
- Statements with “If then”
- Statements with “if and only if”
- Validation by Contradiction
- Implications
9: Statistics - 2
CISCE Class 11 Mathematics Syllabus
- Combined Mean and Standard Deviation
- Measures of Central Tendency for Different Data Types
- Introduction
- Measures
- Deciles
- Meaning
- Calculation
- Application
- Real-Life Application
- Key Point Summary
- Percentiles
- Meaning
- Calculation
- Application
- Real-Life Application
- Key Point Summary
10: Correlation Analysis
CISCE Class 11 Mathematics Syllabus
- Definition and Meaning of Covariance
- Concepts of Statistics
- Rank Correlation by Spearman’s
Correction Included
11: Index Numbers and Moving Averages
CISCE Class 11 Mathematics Syllabus
- Methods of Constructing Index Numbers > Simple Index Number
- Price Index Number
- Formula
- Steps
- Example
- Price Index Number
- Construction of Index Numbers
- Simple Aggregate Method
- Weighted Aggregate Method
- Laspeyre's Price Index Number
- Paasche’s Price Index Number
- Dorbish-Bowley’s Price Index Number
- Fisher’s Ideal Price Index Number
- Marshall-Edgeworth’s Price Index Number
- Walsh’s Price Index Number
- Simple Average of Price Relatives
- Weighted Average of Price Relatives
(cost of living index, consumer price index)
- Meaning and Purpose of the Moving Averages
- Calculation of Moving Averages with the Given Periodicity and Plotting Them on a Graph
- If the Period is Even, Then the Centered Moving Average is to Be Found Out and Plotted
